Konstantin Voskoboinik

Konstantin Pavlovich Voskoboinik (1895— January 8, 1942) was a politician of Ukrainian origin. Known as the burgomaster and anti-partisan commander of Lokot Autonomy, a territory of the Soviet Union occupied by German Nazi troops, more specifically the Guderian's 2nd Panzer Army during WW2. Close friend and associate of Bronislav Kaminski — after Voskoboinik's death — main commander of Kaminski Brigade (Waffen-Sturm-Brigade RONA), later referred to as Russian People's Liberation Army.

At the beginning of the Russian Civil War he was a volunteer of the Red Army, after his demobilization due to a wound — a participant and fighter of the Green Movement. Participated in anti-Soviet peasant uprisings.

Being a convinced anti-communist, later, in World War II on the Eastern Front — a German Nazi collaborator. Organizer and first burgomaster of the Lokot autonomy (territory in the area of Bryansk, Oryol and Kursk regions) under German administration, which was the most striking episode of the Russian Liberation Movement during World War II. Founder and first leader of the People's Socialist Party of Russia "Viking" ("Vityaz"), later known as the National Socialist Labor Party of Russia (NSLPR). In the interwar period, Lokot became a stronghold for the repressed intelligentsia, thus giving ground to anti-Soviet sentiment; creation of the party and political propaganda activities contributed to the growth of anti-communist sentiment, which channeled the aspirations of the population with formed views in the right political direction. German Nazis and Lokot's population were brought together by only one common goal — the anti-Bolshevik struggle. Ideology and political propaganda activities of the Lokot Autonomy were not inspired by Germany, but on the contrary, were in spite of it. Program of the National Socialist Labor Party of Russia was at odds with the Third Reich's policies regarding "Slavic subhumans".